CN210368342U

CN210368342U - Washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN210368342U
Application number: CN201920968004.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李岳彬; 黄强; 刘佳
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2019-06-25
Filing date: 2019-06-25
Publication date: 2020-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 2029-06-25

Abstract

The utility model provides a washing machine, include: the outer cylinder is provided with a first inner cavity; the inner cylinder is rotatably arranged in the outer cylinder and is provided with a second inner cavity, the first inner cavity is communicated with the second inner cavity, and the inner cylinder is used for placing clothes to be washed; and the sterilizing device is arranged at the bottom of the outer barrel and is positioned in the first inner cavity, and the sterilizing device is used for containing sterilizing particles so as to sterilize and disinfect the clothes to be washed by using the sterilizing ions released by the sterilizing particles. Through the technical scheme provided by the utility model, the relatively poor technical problem of the function of disinfecting of drum type washing machine among the prior art can be solved.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a drum type washing machine technical field particularly, relates to a washing machine.

Background

At present, a washing machine generates a large amount of bacteria during the operation, and clothes also generate a large amount of bacteria during daily wearing, thereby being harmful to the health.

The impeller type washing machine in the prior art has a good sterilization effect. In the case of the drum type washing machine, the sterilizing effect of the drum type washing machine is poor due to the arrangement of the sterilizing device.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The main object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine to solve the technical problem of the prior art that the sterilization function of the drum type washing machine is relatively poor.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a washing machine, comprising: the outer cylinder is provided with a first inner cavity; the inner cylinder is rotatably arranged in the outer cylinder and is provided with a second inner cavity, the first inner cavity is communicated with the second inner cavity, and the inner cylinder is used for placing clothes to be washed; and the sterilizing device is arranged at the bottom of the outer barrel and is positioned in the first inner cavity, and the sterilizing device is used for containing sterilizing particles so as to sterilize and disinfect the clothes to be washed by using the sterilizing ions released by the sterilizing particles.

Further, the washing machine further includes: heating device sets up in first inner chamber, and heating device and sterilizing equipment interval set up to improve the speed that the granule released the silver ion that disinfects under heating device's heating effect.

Further, the outer barrel comprises a main barrel body and a protruding part protruding towards the bottom of the main barrel body, the protruding part is provided with a cavity for accommodating the sterilizing device and the heating device, and the cavity of the cavity and the cavity of the main barrel body jointly form a first inner cavity.

Further, the sterilization apparatus includes: spacing portion, spacing portion set up on the urceolus, form the chamber of depositing that is used for holding the granule that disinfects between the inner wall of spacing portion and urceolus to the granule restriction that will disinfect is depositing the intracavity.

Further, the spacing portion includes: the limiting cover plate is arranged on the outer barrel, and at least part of the limiting cover plate is in contact with the inner wall of the outer barrel, so that a storage cavity is defined by the limiting cover plate and the outer barrel.

Furthermore, a flow guide hole is formed in the limiting cover plate, so that the storage cavity is communicated with the first inner cavity through the flow guide hole, and silver ions released by the sterilizing particles flow into the first inner cavity from the storage cavity.

Further, spacing portion includes first spacing apron, and the cavity is deposited to the end wall of first spacing apron and urceolus and the lateral wall of urceolus enclose.

Further, the first limiting cover plate comprises a first limiting plate and a second limiting plate, and the first limiting plate and the second limiting plate are connected to form an L-shaped structure; the end wall of first limiting plate and urceolus and the lateral wall of urceolus all contact, and the lateral wall contact of second limiting plate and urceolus to enclose and deposit the chamber.

Furthermore, spacing portion still includes first joint structure, and first joint structure sets up on first spacing apron, be provided with on the inner wall of urceolus with first joint structure complex joint portion, first joint structure and joint portion joint so that the apron setting is on the urceolus inner wall.

Further, the spacing portion includes: the limiting end plate assembly is arranged on the inner wall of the outer barrel, and at least part of the limiting end plate assembly extends along the direction from the outer barrel to the inner barrel; and the second limiting cover plate is arranged on the limiting end plate assembly so that the limiting end plate assembly, the second limiting cover plate and the outer barrel are enclosed to form a storage cavity.

Further, spacing end plate subassembly includes a plurality of spacing end plates, and a plurality of spacing end plates all extend to the direction of inner tube along the urceolus, and a plurality of spacing end plate intervals set up so that deposit chamber and first inner chamber intercommunication.

Further, the second limiting cover plate comprises a third limiting plate and a fourth limiting plate, the third limiting plate comprises a main body part, and the main body part is connected with the fourth limiting plate to form an L-shaped structure; the third limiting plate is arranged on the end plate assembly, one end of the fourth limiting plate is connected with the third limiting plate, and the other end of the fourth limiting plate is in contact with the inner wall of the outer barrel, so that the limiting end plate assembly, the third limiting plate, the fourth limiting plate and the outer barrel are surrounded to form a storage cavity.

Furthermore, the third limiting plate further comprises an avoiding part connected with the main body part, and at least part of the avoiding part is of a bent structure, so that a preset avoiding gap is formed between the avoiding part and the inner wall of the outer barrel, and water in the outer barrel flows into the storage cavity through the avoiding gap.

Further, the outer cylinder is provided with a groove, the sterilization device is arranged in the groove, and the avoiding part and the groove edge of the groove are arranged at intervals so that an avoiding gap is formed between the avoiding part and the groove edge of the groove.

Further, one end of the avoiding portion is connected to the main body portion, and the other end of the avoiding portion is folded back toward the inner tube.

Further, the third limiting plate further comprises a second clamping structure, the second clamping structure is arranged on the main body portion, and the second clamping structure is clamped with the end plate assembly, so that the third limiting plate is arranged on the end plate assembly.

Further, spacing portion still includes fastener and fixed part, and the fixed part setting is on the inner wall of urceolus, and the fastener passes behind the spacing apron of second to be connected with the fixed part in order to fix the spacing apron of second.

Use the technical scheme of the utility model, be provided with sterilizing equipment through the bottom at the urceolus, like this at washing machine during operation, even only a small amount of water in the urceolus, the granule that disinfects also can release the ion of disinfecting under the soaking effect of the water of urceolus bottom, the ion of disinfecting is disinfected to the clothing of washing of treating of second inner chamber after entering into to the second inner chamber by first inner chamber. Therefore, through the technical scheme provided by the utility model, can solve the relatively poor technical problem of the function of disinfecting of drum type washing machine among the prior art.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which form a part of the present application, are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 shows a schematic structural view of a barrel part of a washing machine provided according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a barrel part of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a heating apparatus of a washing machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 shows a top view of a sterilization device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 shows a side view of a sterilization device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 shows a schematic structural view of an outer cylinder of a barrel part according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 shows a schematic structural diagram of a limiting end plate assembly of a barrel part according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:

10. an outer cylinder; 11. a main cylinder; 12. a boss portion; 13. a front barrel; 14. a rear cylinder; 20. an inner barrel; 30. a sterilizing device; 31. sterilizing particles; 32. a limiting part; 321. a first limit cover plate; 3211. a first limit plate; 3212. a second limiting plate; 322. a limiting end plate assembly; 3221. a limiting end plate; 323. a second limit cover plate; 3231. a flow guide hole; 3232. a third limiting plate; 32321. a main body portion; 32322. an avoidance part; 3233. a fourth limiting plate; 324. a fastener; 325. a fixed part; 40. a heating device.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of the present invention provides a washing machine including a barrel part including: an outer cylinder 10, an inner cylinder 20 and a sterilizing device 30. Wherein, the outer cylinder 10 is provided with a first inner cavity, the inner cylinder 20 is rotatably arranged in the outer cylinder 10, the inner cylinder 20 is provided with a second inner cavity, the first inner cavity is communicated with the second inner cavity, and the inner cylinder 20 is used for placing the clothes to be washed. The sterilizing device 30 is arranged at the bottom of the outer barrel 10, the sterilizing device 30 is located in the first inner cavity, and the sterilizing device 30 is used for accommodating the sterilizing particles 31 so as to sterilize and disinfect the clothes to be washed by utilizing silver ions released by the sterilizing particles 31. Specifically, the sterilization device in this embodiment is a silver ion sterilization device, and the sterilization particles 31 are silver ion sterilization particles.

By using the barrel component provided by the embodiment, the sterilizing device 30 is arranged at the bottom of the outer barrel 10, so that when the washing machine is in operation, even if a small amount of water is in the outer barrel 10, the sterilizing particles 31 can release silver ions under the soaking action of the water at the bottom of the outer barrel 10, and then the released silver ions enter the second inner cavity from the first inner cavity and sterilize and disinfect clothes to be washed, thereby improving the sterilizing effect of the drum-type washing machine. Therefore, the technical problem of poor sterilization function of the drum-type washing machine in the prior art can be solved through the barrel component provided by the embodiment.

In this embodiment, the barrel section further includes a heating device 40, the heating device 40 being disposed within the first interior cavity. The heating device 40 is spaced apart from the sterilizing device 30 to increase the speed of releasing silver ions from the sterilizing particles 31 by the heating action of the heating device 40. Specifically, the heating device 40 can accelerate the dissolution of silver ions after being energized, so as to further improve the sterilization effect.

In order to better place the sterilizing device 30, the outer tub 10 in the present embodiment includes a main tub 11 and a protrusion 12 protruding toward the bottom of the main tub 11. The boss 12 has a cavity for receiving the sterilization device 30, and the cavity of the main cylinder 11 together form a first inner cavity.

In order to better release silver ions from the sterilizing particles 31, the sterilizing device 30 in this embodiment is located below the inner cylinder 20. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the sterilization device 30 is disposed on the inner wall of the bottom of the outer tub 10, so that the sterilization particles 31 can be sufficiently soaked even when the washing machine is used at a low liquid level, so as to better release silver ions from the sterilization particles 31, thereby improving the sterilization effect.

In the present embodiment, the sterilization device 30 includes a position-limiting portion 32, the position-limiting portion 32 is disposed on the outer cylinder 10, and a storage cavity for containing the sterilization particles 31 is formed between the position-limiting portion 32 and the inner wall of the outer cylinder 10, so as to limit the sterilization particles 31 in the storage cavity. By adopting the arrangement, the situation that the sterilizing particles 31 are mixed when the machine barrel part works is avoided, so that part of the sterilizing particles 31 move to the upper part of the outer barrel 10, the sterilizing particles 31 positioned on the upper part of the outer barrel 10 can not be fully soaked by water, the effect of releasing silver ions by the sterilizing particles 31 is influenced, and the sterilizing and disinfecting effect is further influenced.

Specifically, the limiting portion 32 in this embodiment includes a limiting cover plate. The limiting cover plate is arranged on the outer barrel 10, and at least part of the limiting cover plate is in contact with the inner wall of the outer barrel 10, so that a storage cavity is defined by the limiting cover plate and the outer barrel 10.

Specifically, a flow guide hole 3231 is formed in the limiting cover plate, so that the storage cavity is communicated with the first inner cavity through the flow guide hole 3231, and silver ions released by the sterilization particles 31 flow into the first inner cavity from the storage cavity. In order to make the silver ions released by the sterilization particles 31 flow into the first inner cavity better, a plurality of flow guide holes 3231 are formed in the limiting cover plate, and the flow guide holes 3231 are arranged at intervals.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the limiting portion 32 includes a first limiting cover 321, and the first limiting cover 321, the end wall of the outer barrel 10 and the side wall of the outer barrel 10 define a storage cavity.

Specifically, the first limiting cover plate 321 in this embodiment includes a first limiting plate 3211 and a second limiting plate 3212, and the first limiting plate 3211 and the second limiting plate 3212 are connected to form an L-shaped structure. The first limiting plate 3211 is in contact with both the end wall of the outer cylinder 10 and the side wall of the outer cylinder 10, and the second limiting plate 3212 is in contact with the side wall of the outer cylinder 10, so as to enclose a storage cavity for storing the sterilization particles 31. In order to better communicate the storage cavity with the first inner cavity, in this embodiment, the first and second position-limiting

plates

3211 and 3212 are both provided with a flow guide hole 3231, so that silver ions flow into the second inner cavity through the flow guide holes 3231 of the first and second position-limiting

plates

3211 and 3212, and the laundry is better sterilized.

In order to improve the convenience of operation, spacing portion 32 in this embodiment still includes first joint structure, and first joint structure sets up on first spacing apron 321, be provided with on the inner wall of urceolus 10 with first joint structure complex joint portion, first joint structure and joint portion joint so that the apron setting is on urceolus 10 inner wall. Specifically, the first clamping structure can be a buckle, and the buckle and the clamping portion are clamped to enable the cover plate to be arranged on the inner wall of the outer barrel 10, so that silver ions can be replaced and maintained conveniently.

As shown in fig. 4 to 7, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the limiting portion 32 includes a limiting end plate assembly 322 and a second limiting cover plate 323. The limiting end plate assembly 322 is disposed on the inner wall of the outer cylinder 10, and at least a part of the limiting end plate assembly 322 extends along the outer cylinder 10 toward the inner cylinder 20. The second limit cover plate 323 is disposed on the limit end plate assembly 322, so that the limit end plate assembly 322, the second limit cover plate 323 and the outer barrel 10 enclose a storage cavity.

Specifically, the limiting end plate assembly 322 in this embodiment includes a plurality of limiting end plates 3221, each of the plurality of limiting end plates 3221 extends along the outer cylinder 10 toward the inner cylinder 20, and the plurality of limiting end plates 3221 are disposed at intervals to communicate the storage cavity with the first inner cavity. With such an arrangement, silver ions can enter the first inner cavity through a gap between two adjacent limiting end plates 3221, and also enter the first inner cavity through the flow guide hole 3231, so as to further improve the disinfection and sterilization effects.

In the present embodiment, the second limit cover 323 includes a third limit plate 3232 and a fourth limit plate 3233. The third limiting plate 3232 includes a main body portion 32321, and the main body portion 32321 is connected to the fourth limiting plate 3233 to form an L-shaped structure. The third limiting plate 3232 is arranged on the end plate assembly, one end of the fourth limiting plate 3233 is connected with the third limiting plate 3232, and the other end of the fourth limiting plate 3233 is in contact with the inner wall of the outer barrel 10, so that the limiting end plate assembly 322, the third limiting plate 3232, the fourth limiting plate 3233 and the outer barrel 10 form a storage cavity in a surrounding mode. Adopt such structure setting, increased the flow area who deposits chamber and first inner chamber, can make the silver ion that releases flow into to first inner chamber better to improve disinfection's effect better. The third limiting plate 3232 and the fourth limiting plate 3233 are both provided with a flow guide hole 3231, so that silver ions can be better dissolved and diffused to the first inner cavity.

The third stopper plate 3232 in the present embodiment further includes an escape portion 32322 connected to the main body portion 32321. At least a part of the escape portion 32322 is bent to form a predetermined escape gap between the escape portion 32322 and the inner wall of the outer tube 10, so that water in the outer tube 10 flows into a gap between two adjacent end plates through the escape gap and then flows into the storage cavity. Meanwhile, the released silver ions can smoothly enter the first inner cavity through the avoiding gap. In the present embodiment, there are two escape portions 32322, and two escape portions 32322 are provided at opposite ends of the main body portion 32321.

In this embodiment, the outer tub 10 has a recess, and the sterilizing device 30 is disposed in the recess. The escape portion 32322 is spaced apart from the groove edge of the groove to form an escape gap between the escape portion 32322 and the groove edge of the groove. By adopting the structure, the exchange and the circulation of the medium in the storage cavity and the medium in the first inner cavity can be better facilitated.

Specifically, one end of the escape part 32322 in the present embodiment is connected to the main body part 32321, and the other end of the escape part 32322 is folded back toward the inner tube 20. Specifically, the avoiding portion 32322 is a streamline structure, so that more water is brought into or out of the storage cavity when the inner barrel 20 rotates, more silver ions are dissolved, and the silver ions can be further ensured to be diffused into the whole first inner cavity and the whole second inner cavity. By adopting the arrangement, a larger avoiding gap can be formed, so that the circulation of the medium in the cavity and the first inner cavity is better facilitated.

For the convenience of the user changes silver ion, third limiting plate 3232 still includes second joint structure, and second joint structure sets up on main part 32321, second joint structure and end plate assembly joint to make third limiting plate 3232 set up on end plate assembly, improved the convenience of operation. Specifically, the second clamping structure in this embodiment is a clamping protrusion, and the clamping protrusion is clamped with the end plate so that the third limiting plate 3232 is stably disposed on the end plate assembly. Specifically, the third limiting plate 3232 further includes a positioning structure, the positioning structure is disposed on the main body portion 32321, and the positioning structure is used for positioning the sterilization particles 31. Specifically, location structure includes a plurality of locating plates, and a plurality of locating plate intervals set up, and granule 31 that disinfects sets up between two adjacent locating plates to avoid barrel assembly granule 31 that disinfects when the operation phenomenon that scurries in disorder appears.

In order to better fix the second position-limiting cover plate 323, the position-limiting portion 32 in this embodiment further includes a fastening member 324 and a fixing portion 325. The fixing portion 325 is disposed on the inner wall of the outer tub 10, and the fastening member 324 passes through the second position-limiting cover plate 323 and then is connected to the fixing portion 325 to fix the second position-limiting cover plate 323. Specifically, the fastening member 324 in this embodiment is a fixing screw, the fixing portion 325 is provided with an internal thread matching with the external thread of the fixing screw, and the fixing screw passes through the second limiting cover plate 323 to match with the fixing member. The mounting sets up and is depositing the intracavity, and the mounting is two, and two mounting intervals set up. With such an arrangement, the stability of the second limit cover plate 323 can be further improved.

Specifically, the outer cylinder 10 includes a front cylinder 13 and a rear cylinder 14 which are spliced with each other, the front cylinder 13 has a first opening, the rear cylinder 14 has a second opening, the first opening is connected with the second opening so that the front cylinder 13 is disposed on the rear cylinder 14, the front cylinder 13 and the rear cylinder 14 enclose a first inner cavity, the sterilization device 30 is disposed at the bottom of the front cylinder 13, and the heating device 40 is disposed at the bottom of the rear cylinder 14. In the present embodiment, the front barrel 13 is disposed on the side closer to the user, and the rear barrel 14 is disposed on the side farther from the user.

From the above description, it can be seen that the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention achieve the following technical effects: the washing machine with the inner drum 20 has a sterilization function; the sterilization effect is ensured when the water consumption is small; because the sterilizing device 30 is arranged on the outer cylinder 10, the sterilizing device 30 does not rotate along with the inner cylinder 20, thereby effectively avoiding the use noise; the improvement on the barrel part is less; simple structure has guaranteed that the granule 31 that disinfects participates in the washing process, has guaranteed the washing effect, has reached aseptic sterile effect.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A washing machine, characterized by comprising:

an outer barrel (10), the outer barrel (10) having a first lumen;

the inner drum (20) is rotatably arranged in the outer drum (10), the inner drum (20) is provided with a second inner cavity, the first inner cavity is communicated with the second inner cavity, and the inner drum (20) is used for placing clothes to be washed;

the sterilizing device (30) is arranged at the bottom of the outer barrel (10), the sterilizing device (30) is located in the first inner cavity, and the sterilizing device (30) is used for containing sterilizing particles (31) so as to sterilize and disinfect the clothes to be washed by using the sterilizing ions released by the sterilizing particles (31).

2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

the heating device (40) is arranged in the first inner cavity, and the heating device (40) and the sterilizing device (30) are arranged at intervals so as to improve the speed of releasing silver ions from the sterilizing particles (31) under the heating action of the heating device (40).

3. The washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the tub (10) comprises a main tub (11) and a bulge (12) bulging towards the bottom of the main tub (11), the bulge (12) having a cavity for accommodating the sterilizing device (30) and the heating device (40), the cavity and the cavity of the main tub (11) together forming the first inner cavity.

4. The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the sterilizing device (30) comprises:

spacing portion (32), spacing portion (32) set up on urceolus (10), spacing portion (32) with form between the inner wall of urceolus (10) and be used for holding the chamber of depositing of disinfecting the granule, with disinfect granule (31) restriction be in deposit the intracavity.

5. The washing machine according to claim 4, wherein the stopper (32) comprises:

the limiting cover plate is arranged on the outer barrel (10), and at least part of the limiting cover plate is in contact with the inner wall of the outer barrel (10) so that the limiting cover plate and the outer barrel (10) enclose the storage cavity.

6. The washing machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein a flow guide hole (3231) is formed in the position limiting cover plate to communicate the storage cavity with the first inner cavity through the flow guide hole (3231), so that silver ions released from the sterilizing particles (31) flow from the storage cavity into the first inner cavity.

7. The washing machine according to claim 4, wherein the stopper (32) comprises a first stopper cover (321), and the first stopper cover (321) encloses the storage chamber with an end wall of the outer tub (10) and a side wall of the outer tub (10).

8. The washing machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first limit cover plate (321) comprises a first limit plate (3211) and a second limit plate (3212), and the first limit plate (3211) and the second limit plate (3212) are connected to form an L-shaped structure; the first limiting plate (3211) is in contact with both the end wall of the outer barrel (10) and the side wall of the outer barrel (10), and the second limiting plate (3212) is in contact with the side wall of the outer barrel (10) to enclose the storage cavity.

9. The washing machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the limiting portion (32) further comprises a first clamping structure, the first clamping structure is arranged on the first limiting cover plate (321), a clamping portion matched with the first clamping structure is arranged on the inner wall of the outer barrel (10), and the first clamping structure and the clamping portion are clamped to enable the cover plate to be arranged on the inner wall of the outer barrel (10).

10. The washing machine according to claim 4, wherein the stopper (32) comprises:

the limiting end plate assembly (322), the limiting end plate assembly (322) is arranged on the inner wall of the outer cylinder (10), and at least part of the limiting end plate assembly (322) extends along the outer cylinder (10) to the direction of the inner cylinder (20);

the second limiting cover plate (323) is arranged on the limiting end plate assembly (322) so that the limiting end plate assembly (322), the second limiting cover plate (323) and the outer barrel (10) enclose the storage cavity.

11. The washing machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein the limiting end plate assembly (322) comprises a plurality of limiting end plates (3221), the plurality of limiting end plates (3221) extend along the outer drum (10) towards the inner drum (20), and the plurality of limiting end plates (3221) are arranged at intervals to communicate the storage cavity with the first inner cavity.

12. The washing machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second limit cover plate (323) includes a third limit plate (3232) and a fourth limit plate (3233), the third limit plate (3232) includes a body portion (32321), and the body portion (32321) and the fourth limit plate (3233) are connected to form an L-shaped structure; the third limiting plate (3232) is arranged on the end plate assembly, one end of the fourth limiting plate (3233) is connected with the third limiting plate (3232), the other end of the fourth limiting plate (3233) is in contact with the inner wall of the outer barrel (10), and therefore the limiting end plate assembly (322), the third limiting plate (3232), the fourth limiting plate (3233) and the outer barrel (10) are surrounded to form the storage cavity.

13. The washing machine as claimed in claim 12, wherein the third stopper plate (3232) further includes an escape portion (32322) connected to the main body portion (32321), at least a portion of the escape portion (32322) is bent to form a predetermined escape gap between the escape portion (32322) and an inner wall of the outer tub (10), so that water in the outer tub (10) flows into the storage cavity through the escape gap.

14. The washing machine as claimed in claim 13, wherein the outer tub (10) has a groove, the sterilizing device (30) is disposed in the groove, and the escape portion (32322) is spaced apart from a groove edge of the groove to form the escape gap between the escape portion (32322) and the groove edge of the groove.

15. The washing machine as claimed in claim 13, wherein one end of the escape part (32322) is connected to the main body part (32321), and the other end of the escape part (32322) is folded toward the inner tub (20).

16. The washing machine as claimed in claim 12, wherein the third limiting plate (3232) further comprises a second catching structure provided on the body part (32321) and catching with the end plate assembly such that the third limiting plate (3232) is provided on the end plate assembly.

17. The washing machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein the stopper 32 further comprises a fastening member 324 and a fixing portion 325, the fixing portion 325 is disposed on an inner wall of the tub 10, and the fastening member 324 passes through the second stopper cover 323 and then is coupled to the fixing portion 325 to fix the second stopper cover 323.